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William A. Jacobson

William A. Jacobson is a Clinical Professor of Law and Director of the Securities Law Clinic at Cornell Law School.

He is a 1981 graduate of Hamilton College and a 1984 graduate of Harvard Law School. At Harvard he was Senior Editor of the Harvard International Law Journal and Director of Litigation for the Harvard Prison Legal Assistance Project.

Prior to joining the Cornell law faculty in 2007, Professor Jacobson had a highly successful civil litigation and arbitration practice in Providence, Rhode Island, concentrating in investment, employment, and business disputes in the securities industry, including many high profile cases reported in leading newspapers and magazines.

Professor Jacobson has argued cases in numerous federal and state courts, including the Courts of Appeal for the First, Fifth and Sixth Circuits, and the Rhode Island Supreme Court.

Professor Jacobson has a national reputation as a leading practitioner in securities arbitration. He was Treasurer, and is a former member of the Executive Committee and Board of Directors of the Public Investors Arbitration Bar Association, a professional organization of attorneys dedicated to protecting public investors. He frequently is quoted in national media on issues related to investment fraud and investor protection, and in the past has served as one of a small number of private practice attorneys who trained new arbitrators for the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority.

Professor Jacobson is co-author of the Securities Arbitration Desk Reference (Thomson-Reuters), updated annually.

Professor Jacobson is frequently quoted in the media on political and legal topics, has authored many Op-Eds in major publications, and appears on television and radio to discuss politics and the law.

A more complete listing of Professor Jacobson's professional background is available at the Cornell Law School website. The views expressed here are his own and not those of any employer or organization,

The best way to reach Prof. Jacobson is by e-mail here.

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 02, 2019 11 Comments
In 2017, Oberlin College was sued by an expelled male student who had been found responsible for sexual assault in a campus disciplinary hearing. The student, identified only as John Doe, alleged a seriously flawed hearing process as well as discrimination on the basis of sex because the process allegedly was biased against men. We first covered the case, and the motion to dismiss filed by Oberlin, in Lawsuit: Oberlin College sexual assault hearing process rigged, 100% conviction rate:

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 01, 2019 14 Comments
Joe Biden's creepy habit of touching and nuzzling women in public in front of the cameras has been the focus of mockery and discussion for several years. The "Creepy Uncle Joe" narrative is back in the news because liberal Democrat activist and former Nevada Lt. Gov. candidate Lucy Flores has stepped forward with an accusation that Biden did something similar to her in 2014 in private, Joe Biden has a #MeToo problem – Liberal activist claims 2014 non-consensual “big slow kiss”:

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 31, 2019 25 Comments
Joe Biden's proclivity for being handsy with and nuzzling women in creepy ways has been well known for years. He didn't hide it, he did it in front of the cameras, and Democrats just wrote it off as Creepy Uncle Joe being Creepy Uncle Joe again.

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 30, 2019 21 Comments
Elizabeth Warren has tried desperately to keep herself in the news cycle, as newcomers like Beto, and possible contenders like Joe Biden, dominate the campaign coverage. Even fresh-face "Mayor Pete" is getting better coverage than Warren. Warren's tactic is to roll out every couple of days a big, nation-changing plan, like breaking up big tech. It doesn't seem to have helped her at all in the polls, where she is unable to break out of the single-digit pack.

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 29, 2019 21 Comments
Anyone who has been awake knows that Joe Biden has a problem with touching and nuzzling women in public in a very creepy manner. It's why the nickname "Creepy Uncle Joe" could be for him what "crooked Hillary," "low energy Jeb" or "little Marco" were for other Trump opponents should Biden run for president and get the Democrat nomination. We saw if when he rubbed the shoulders of Ashton Carter's wife in full camera view:

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 26, 2019 19 Comments
Every year we remember Johnny "Mike" Spann, the CIA special operations officer who was the first American killed in Afghanistan after 9/11. Each year we discover new facts and stories, including the letter from Afghan warlord Abdul Rahdis Dostum and the memorial he dedicated in Spann’s memory, interviews with his oldest daughter Alison, and the family’s reaction to the release of Bowie Bergdahl.

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 21, 2019 22 Comments
There were news reports recently that during Benjamin Netanyahu's upcoming trip to D.C., during which he will meet with Trump, the United States would recognize Israel's sovereignty over the Golan Heights. The Heights had only been Syrian territory since 1948, after the end of the French Mandate, Syrian independence, and the Arab attempt to destroy Israel.  Syria used the Golan Heights to aim artillery and sniper fire on Israel. Israel captured the Golan Heights during the 1967 war, and almost lost it during the surprise attack in the 1973 Yom Kippur War.

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 20, 2019 12 Comments
We have extensively documented how the supposedly "peaceful protests" at the Gaza-Israel border fence are, in reality, Hamas and Islamic Jihad military terror operations using some civilians as cover, including women and children. The so-called ‘Great March of Return’ is turned on and off by Hamas as its needs require. See our prior posts for images and video:
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